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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I sold around 10,000 wheats on Craigslist last year to a guy who searched every one with a loupe for varieties. He knew they were already gone through by me. He also must have a lot of patience.
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Valued Member
United States
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well, you could give them too me...;)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6326 Posts |
Starting albums for your son would be cool...... But why not just keep them ? Why "do" anything with them ? Even common date Wheats are worth .02 Cents apiece ! Maybe when your son is 86 years old, he'll be very happy to have something that his Grandfather gave to his father, who then gave them to him ! And maybe by then, the Lincoln Cent will be LONNNNNG gone, driving up the prices of Wheats in the process.....and through the decades maybe they'll inch ever so slowly up and up and up ! Ha Ha........ well, just something to think about ! .....  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I like the idea of starter sets. You could also sell rolls that have a bunch of different dates in them so that people know they aren't just getting a bunch of 1950s.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
809 Posts |
You havent even opened them yet...why are trying to figure out what to do with them now? You dont know...there might be some good dates in there. And...do you have a complete set of Lincolns? Might be some you need in there. Have fun looking through them...and then decide what to do with them.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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If it were me, after I searched through all of them, I'd make those starter sets you mentioned and then spend the rest. Some of them might find their way into the hands of a young future-collector.
But, I could never get rid of a batch of wheats like that unless I went through them myself first. Even if I grabbed 25 of them at random and they were all 1959s, I'd still have to look at each one.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Even if I grabbed 25 of them at random and they were all 1959s, I'd still have to look at each one. I'd be very excited to find a 1959-S Wheat cent, let alone 25! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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But, I could never get rid of a batch of wheats like that unless I went through them myself first. Even if I grabbed 25 of them at random and they were all 1959s, I'd still have to look at each one. That would be awesome if it was all 1959 Wheats  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1984 Posts |
If you are starting a collection, get an album and pick out the best one of each date. If it can be a family activity--even if only for a few minutes at a time--it will be worth it. Then when you are finished, just weigh the coins and put them in a container and start an honest ebay listing describing what you're selling. By honest I mean don't use the word 'unsearched.' No one with half a brain believes that anyway. Start it at 99 cents. It was a gift so any sale with be profit. Use the money raised to buy some cents that are missing from your album. Then tell your parents what an awesome gift it was and hope you get another for your birthday! |
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Valued Member
United States
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Let me know if you decide to ebay some stater sets. I would be interested. |
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Valued Member
United States
275 Posts |
trade? I have credit to Amazon, we could work somethign out Edited by Coppertop
01/19/2012 8:40 pm
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New Member
United States
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<<<Edited by Tights24. Offer to buy/sell/trade from new members is prohibited. Please read the rules that you agreed to when you signed up.>>>
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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So many things you could do with those. 1. Place in little zip lock bags and put on ebay as 100 Lincoln Cents UNSEARCHED. Naturally after you looked through them all. 2. Send them all to me free and I'll pay postage. 3. Take to any coin shop and and get about $0.03 each. Again, after you looked through them all. Tell person at coin store "I know nothing about coins but want to sell these for 3 cents each" 4. Send all to me free and I'll pay postage and even say thank you. 5. Pass them out for Holoween instead of candy. Safer for kids teeth. 6. Go out and buy a blast furnace and melt them all down. Use the Copper to make counterfeited Copper plates. Sell on ebay as Copper plates. 7. Find a real busy street and place many of them right in the middle during rush hour. See it's all easy if you think about it. |
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Valued Member
United States
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You should go through them. If they are all 40's and 50's then you've got a common bag. if there a bunch of the ones older than that - then you can usually sell those for a bit more - if you go to either ebay or to a dealer that specializes in them. |
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